condvar and mutexes

From: Nicolas Souchu (nsouch_at_free.fr)
Date: 06/26/04

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    Why is condvar(9) API not part of the mutex(9) one? A condvar is
    nothing more than a mutex with a queue of waiting threads.

    I would simply imagine some wait calls applied to mutexes
    with the queue in the mutex struct.

    Nicholas 

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